By: Sibley, Lucio S.B. No. 49
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the elements of the offense of driving while
1-2 intoxicated.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subdivision (2), Subsection (a), Article 6701l-1,
1-5 Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
1-6 (2) "Intoxicated" means:
1-7 (A) not having the normal use of mental or
1-8 physical faculties by reason of the introduction of alcohol, a
1-9 controlled substance, a drug, a substance or its vapors that
1-10 contain a volatile chemical, an abusable glue, or an aerosol paint,
1-11 or a combination of two or more of those substances into the body;
1-12 or
1-13 (B) having an alcohol concentration of 0.10 or
1-14 more.
1-15 SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Article 6701l-1, Revised
1-16 Statutes, is amended by adding Subdivisions (8), (9), and (10) to
1-17 read as follows:
1-18 (8) "Abusable glue" has the meaning assigned by
1-19 Section 485.001, Health and Safety Code.
1-20 (9) "Aerosol paint" has the meaning assigned by
1-21 Section 485.001, Health and Safety Code.
1-22 (10) "Volatile chemical" is a chemical or isomer
1-23 listed in Section 484.002, Health and Safety Code.
1-24 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
2-1 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.